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Poppy project seeks to restore hills to native full bloom

Standing in the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve parking lot, ecological restorationist Craig Dremann held up a California postcard, aligning its picturesque landscape with the hills before him. The postcard, a photograph of a stretch of hills along Interstate 5, showed land awash with splashes of vibrant orange and purple, the wild poppies and lupines native to California. When he lowered the postcard, he was faced with acres of non-native grass.

Posted by Claire Elliott
a resident of Ventura
on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:58 pm

For over a decade Acterra has involved thousands of volunteers to reduce invasive species and plant locally specific native plants at Arastradero. If you'd like to help please check out upcoming volunteer events at www.acterra.org